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The Middle East Institute of Columbia University, founded in 1954, has
helped to set the national pace in developing an interdisciplinary
approach to the study of the Middle East from the rise of Islam to the
present, with a primary focus on the 19th and 20th centuries. Fostering
an inter-regional and multi-disciplinary approach to the region, the
Institute focuses on the Arab countries, Armenia, Iran, Israel, Turkey,
Central Asia, and Muslim Diaspora communities.
The Institute sponsors approximately 30 lunch-time talks per year on
topics ranging from art and literature to current events, hosts
conferences, and provides a neutral atmosphere for scholarly and student
exchanges of views on issues concerning the Middle East, North Africa,
and Central Asia. It offers courses and outreach seminars to teachers
and adult education groups, briefs journalists, and generally acts as a
clearing-house for requests for information on the region and its
peoples by the media, educational professionals, and the interested
public, drawing upon the expertise of its own staff and the faculty of
the School of International and Public Affairs and Columbia University.
New: Summer 2009 fellowships for undergraduate students
Culture and History: Understanding the Arab World
Summer program for High School students in NY and Amman, Jordan
Middle East Institute of Columbia University
Events – SPRING 2009
All MEI events take place on Thursdays from 12:30-2:00 pm in Room 1118 of the International Affairs Building on
Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus (unless otherwise indicated), and are free and open to the public.
- Wednesday, January 28
Panel Discussion: Curating Modernism and Iraq
with Nada Shabout and Wassan Al-Khudhairi (moderated by Zainab Bahrani)
Time: 5:45pm
Location: Schermerhorn Hall, Room 612
- Wednesday, January 28
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND THE MIDDLE EAST
A panel discussion with Professors Richard Bulliet, Peter Awn, Gil Anidjar and others
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Held Auditorium, 304 Barnard Hall
Co-sponsors: Arab Students Association, CU Dems, CU Libertarians, Columbia International Relations Forum, Anti-war Coalition, Students for Democratic Society, Columbia University Amnesty International, Columbia CPU, CAIR, Malcolm X Islamic Center and many more
- Tuesday, February 3
"From the Security Council to Syria: New Directions in Turkish Foreign Policy" with Dr. Mithat Melen
Time: 12:30-2:00 pm
- Ongoing until Friday, February 13
Photo Exhibition: BESA – A CODE OF HONOR – Muslim Albanians Who Rescued Jews During the Holocaust by Norman H. Gershman.
Location: International Affairs Building, 4th Floor atrium
Co-sponsors: The American Society for Yad Bashem, School of International and Public Affairs, and the Harriman Institute
- Friday, February 13
"Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Hegemony in the Middle East"
with Prof. Rashid Khalidi
Co-sponsor: The European Institute
Time: 5:30pm-7:00pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1501
- Thursday, February 19
"Trials of Europeanization: Turkey's Uneven Path towards Democratic Consolidation" with Dr. Ioannis Grigoriadis
Time: 12:30-2:00 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1118
- Wednesday, February 25
"Turkey Decoded" with Ambassador Ann Dismorr
Time: Registration & Reception at 6:30pm, with program to follow
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1501
Co-sponsors: Light Millennium, Department of Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures, and the Consulate General of Sweden in New York
- Monday, March 2
"Turkey between Democratizing Pressures and the Resistance of the State Elites"
Speaker: Prof. Ergun Ozbudun
Time: 6:00-8:00 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 801
Co-Sponsors: the Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life; the Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion (CDTR), and the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP).
- Thursday, March 5
"The Cairo Geniza as a Source of Islamic Social History" with Prof. Phillip Lieberman
Time: 12:30-2:00 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1118
- Thursday, March 5
"Big Read Opening Ceremony and Reception: A Talk on The Thief and the Dogs" (Naguib Mahfouz) with Professor Noha Radwan
Time: 5:00 – 8:30 pm
Location: Low Memorial Library, The Rotunda
Screening of the film adaptation of the book to follow talk (Chased by the Dogs, 1964)
- Saturday, March 7
Big Read: Celebrating Mahfouz – Film Screenings
Chased by the Dogs (125min) at 12:00 pm
Midaq Alley (140min) at 3:00 pm
Time: 12:00 – 5:00 pm
Location: Dodge Hall, Lifetime Screening Room, Room 511 (2960 Broadway - campus entrance on North side of building)
- Friday-Saturday, March 6-7
"Democracy, Islam and Secularism: Turkey in Comparative Perspective"
An International Conference
Time: 9:00 am-6:00 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1501
Co-sponsors: the Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life; Turkish Studies Institute, and the Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion.
- Wednesday, March 11
Big Read: "Egypt Dances" Lecture and Film Screening
Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Location: Dodge Hall, Lifetime Screening Room, Room 511 (2960 Broadway - campus entrance on North side of building)
- Wednesday, March 11
"Two Worlds, One History: An Arab-African Narrative Explored"
with Mahmood Mamdani, Souleymane Diagne, Ousmane Kane, and Hisham Aidi
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1501
Co-sponsor: Turath -- Arab Students Association at Columbia University, Institute of African Studies
- Thursday, March 12
Big Read: Mahfouz's Metamorphoses – Bringing the Egyptian World to the English Language
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Deutsches Haus (420 West 116th Street)
- Friday, March 20
Big Read: Parallel Lives – Said Mahran, Flores Forbes, and Jamal Joseph
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Location: Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz Memorial and Education Center (3940 Broadway, at 165th Street)
- Monday, March 23
"Royal Initiatives in Interreligious Relations: Jordan and Saudi Arabia"
with Prof. Daniel Madigan
Time: 12:30-2pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1118
- Tuesday, March 24
Big Read: Lecture on Egyptian Archaeology—From the Stone Age to Rome: Excavating in an Egyptian Oasis
Time: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Location: Davis Auditorium, Morris A. Schapiro Center for Engineering and Physical Science Research Building (530 West 120th Street, between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway)
- Tuesday, March 24
"Governing Areas of Dissidence: Nation-Building and State-Minority Relations in Turkey and Morocco"
Speaker: Senem Aslan
Time: 4:15-5:45pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 801
Co-sponsors: the Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life; the Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion, and the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP).
- Tuesday, March 24
The Sufi Ceremony of Rumi: Sufi Music Concert and a Whirling Dervish Performance by Ahmet Erdogdular Ensemble
Co-sponsor: Music at St. Paul's
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: St. Paul's Chapel (117th Street and Amsterdam Avenue)
- Thursday, March 26
"Democratization in the Arab World" with Jean Leca"
Time: 12:30 - 2:00 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1118
Co-Sponsors: The Alliance Program, and the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life
- Monday, March 30
"The Israeli-Jewish Collective Memory of the Israeli-Arab/Palestinian Conflict – Determinants, Content and Consequences"
with Rafi Nets
Time: 12:30-2pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1118
- Tuesday, March 31
"Bureaucracy, Knowledge, and Control: Governing Minorities in Turkey and Israel" with Ceren Belge and Prof. George Gavrilis
Time: 4:15 - 5:45 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 801
Co-sponsors: Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration, and Religion (CDTR), the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP), the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life (IRCPL)
Contact: Ahmet Kuru or visit http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/cdtr
- Tuesday, March 31
Big Read: The Thief and the Dogs Dance Performance
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Location: The Ailey Studios (405 West 55th Street at 9th Avenue)
- Thursday, April 2
"The Power of Representation: Publics, Peasants, and Islam in Egypt"
with Michael Gasper
Time: 12:30-2pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1118
- Wednesday, April 8
"Truths, Half Truths and Fallacies in the Prevailing Oil Conventional Wisdom" with Robert Mabro
Time: 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1512
Co-sponsor: Alliance Program
- Thursday, April 9
"The Oil Booms and the Changing World of Baku" with Prof. Tadeusz Swietochowski
Time: 12:30 - 2:00 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1118
Co-sponsor: Harriman Institute
- Thursday, April 9
"The Headscarf Ban and Women's Subjectivity in Turkey" with Zeynep Akbulut Kuru and Nadia Guessous
Time: 4:15 - 5:45 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 802
Co-sponsors: Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration, and Religion (CDTR), the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP), and the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life (IRCPL)
For more information, please visit http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/cdtr
- Thursday, April 9
"The Armenian Genocide and Its Relevance Today", A panel featuring Mark Geragos, Taner Akcam, and David Hamburg, and moderated by Andrea Kannapell of the New York Times
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: Davis Auditorium, Schapiro Hall (Room 412)
Co-sponsor: Columbia Armenian Students' Association
- Tuesday, April 14
"When Democratization Radicalizes? The Kurdish Nationalist Movement in Turkey" with Prof. Gunes Murat Tezcur and Prof. Macartan Humphreys
Time: 4:15 - 5:45 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 801
Contact: Ahmet Kuru or visit http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/cdtr
Co-sponsors: Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration, and Religion (CDTR), the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP), and the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life (IRCPL)
- Tuesday, April 14
MEMORIES IN SOUND II: Concert and Post-Intermission Discussion with Turkish Composer Munir Nurettin Beken
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Milbank Chapel,Teachers College, Columbia University (525 West 120th Street, between Amsterdam and Broadway)
Co-Sponsors: The Music and Music Education Program, and the Office of the President, Diversity and Community Affairs at Teachers College
- Wednesday, April 15
"The Politics of Art: Cultural Diplomacy, the United States, and Iran"
with Dr. Shiva Balaghi
Time: 12:30-2pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1118
- Thursday, April 16
"Holy Ignorance: The Age of Religion without Culture" with Olivier Roy
Time: 12:30 - 2:00 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1118
Co-sponsor: Alliance Program, the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life (IRCPL), and the Heyman Center
- Friday, April 17
International Symposium: Constructing Black France - A Trans-Atlantic Dialogue
Event Program
Time: 9:00 am - 7:30 pm
Location: Barnard Hall, James Room (4th floor)
Co-sponsors: Institute for Research in African American Studies, Maison Francaise, French-American Foundation, Africana Studies, Institute of African Studies, French Embassy and Women's Studies of Barnard College
- Friday, April 17
"Health, Human Rights, and the War on Gaza: Evidence from the Front Lines" with Dr. Mads Gilbert
Time: 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Location: Held Auditorium
- Tuesday, April 21
"Inscription on Stone: Education, Hegemony, and Religion in Iran and Turkey" with Dr. Reza Arjmand
Time: 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Location: Milbank Chapel
Co-sponsors: Department of International and Transcultural Studies, Teachers College
- Thursday, April 23
"Debating Knowledge and Ethics in Egypt through the Organ Transplant Debate
with Prof. Sherine Hamdy
Time: 12:30 - 2:00 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1118
- Thursday, April 23
"The Resurgence of Turkey as a Central Ally in Obama's Foreign Policy" with Nicole Pope
Time: 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 404
Co-sponsor: SIPA Turkish Initiative
- Tuesday, April 28th
"Iran Spring Break Trip"
Time: 12:00-2:00
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1501
Co-sponsor: Columbia Iranian Network
Past MEI Events
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